Laurent de Comarmond presented the plans overall for the Hillsborough small area plan. It is a 142 page document that included over 2 years of work by a planning committee. CVNA area members who worked with the committee were Will Allen, Chris Babson and Laurent.

Of interest in the document to many attendees was the cost of each cut-through.

Oberlin – Wade (next to Oberlin Court and the cemetary) ~$700k

Oberlin – Sutton ~$700k

Oberlin – Graham ~$700k

Adding a signal at Daniels and Wade ~$300k

Ben Taylor presented the meeting with detailed aerial views of our neighborhood and offered suggestions on the feasibility of each cut-through.

Oberlin -Wade, upgrade a tight alley to a street, very unlikely

Oberlin – Sutton, condos being constructed make this virtually impossible

Oberlin – Graham, perhaps the easiest but politically very unpalatable, due to taking property from CV condos.

Many attendees had questions and discussion points to make such as

Why are they planning things that probably can’t be built?

The purpose of the February 7 planning meeting is to add the given changes to the small area plan

If the purpose is access for our neighborhood, why do they want to dump more traffic onto Oberlin which is overloaded.

Many residents see this more as a feeder of traffic to the neighborhood

The reasons discussed why these new streets are good were

Connectivity. More options for traffic means less traffic on each street

The city seems reluctant to do anything about the Daniels-Wade intersection

CVN gains better bike and walking access to Oberlin

A vote was taken to present our groups opinion on adding the amendment to the small area plane:

1 attendee voted in favor

29 attendees voted against.

Representatives planning to attend the next Planning Commission meeting where the amendment may or may not be adopted are